Louisville Metro Council discretionary accounts build up funds

Some members rarely use discretionary funds

11:55 PM,
Nov. 2, 2013

Written by

Tom O?Neill
| The Courier-Journal

Lost in all the fuss over how Louisville Metro Council members spend money from their discretionary funds is this: Some of them aren't spending it.

In fact, council members are sitting on more than $1.7 million in discretionary funds carried over from last year in their individual Neighborhood Development Fund accounts - even as they collect another $1.9 million from taxpayers to pay for district projects by nonprofits in their districts, ranging from social-service programs to community festivals. ...